2 Samuel 21:16:122 Sam.21.16.W12TAB

נְחֹ֔שֶׁת

nekhoshet

bronze

Transliteration
ne-KHO-shet
Extended
neh-KHOH-sheht
IPA
/nəˈħoʃɛt/

Meaning by language

English
bronze

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
נְ + חֹ֔ + שֶׁת
ne + kho + shet
nekhoshet

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ne-KHO-shet

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mish-KAL ne-KHO-shet

  3. clause

    va-ye-SHVO ve-yish-BI be-NOV a-SHER bi-li-DE ha-ra-FA u-mish-KAL KEI-no she-LOSH me-OT mish-KAL ne-KHO-shet ve-HU kha-GUR kha-da-SHA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-SHVO ve-yish-BI be-NOV a-SHER bi-li-DE ha-ra-FA u-mish-KAL KEI-no she-LOSH me-OT mish-KAL ne-KHO-shet ve-HU kha-GUR kha-da-SHA va-yo-MER le-ha-KOT et-DA-vid

Exegesis

The construct sequence umishqal kēno mishqal nechoshet {וּמִשְׁקַ֤ל קֵינוֹ֙ מִשְׁקַ֣ל נְחֹשֶׁת | û-miš-qāl kē-nō miš-qāl nᵊ-ḥō-šeṯ} quantifies his spear’s metal and weight, specifying “three hundred shekels.”

In context2 Samuel 21:16

Now Ishbi-benob, who was among the descendants of the Rapha, had a bronze spear weighing three hundred shekels and was girded with a new sword. And he said he would strike David .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 21:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 21:16, so the Hebrew word נְחֹ֔שֶׁת (nekhoshet) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.21.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.16.W12.S1) and character.